¶ 1 OIAUE eku mamahi! he oku ou hage kuo oji ae tanaki oe gaahi fua oe faahita‘u mafana, hage koe toega kalebi oe toukai: oku ikai ha fuhiga kalebi ke kai: nae holi hoku loto ki he uluaki toukai.

2 Kuo auha ae kau maonioni mei mamani: bea oku ikai ha kau agatonu i he kakai: oku nau toitoi kotoabe ki he toto; oku nau taki taha tuli a hono tokoua moe kubega.

¶ 3 Koeuhi ke nau fai fakamatoato i he kovi aki ae ogo nima oji be, oku eke e he houeiki, bea eke moe fakamāu ki he mea foaki; bea moe tagata maoluga oku ne fakaha hono loto kovi; bea behe, oku nau ufiufi ia.

4 Koe lelei lahi iateki nautolu oku hage koe akau talatala be: koia oku fugani agatonu oku majila i he a talatala: oku hoko mai ae aho o ho kau leo, bea mo ho aahi; koeni, e hoko e nau bubutuu.

¶ 5 Oua naa mou falala ki he kaumea, oua naa mou falala ki ha takimua: leohi ae mataba o ho gutu, meiate ia oku faaki ki ho fatafata.

6 He oku fakaogokovi‘i e he foha a ene tamai; oku tuu hake ae taahine ki he e ene fa‘e, ae taahine i he fono, ki he ene fa‘e i he fono; koe gaahi fili oe tagata, ae kau tagata i hono fale.

7 Koia teu haga kia Jihova; teu tatali ki he Otua o eku fakamoui; e fanogo mai kiate au a hoku Otua.

¶ 8 Oua naa ke viki kiate au, e hoku fili: o kau ka higa teu toe tuu hake: o kau ka nofo i he bouli, e hoko a Jihova, koe māma kiate au.

9 Teu kataki ae houhau o Jihova he kuou fai agahala kiate ia, ke oua ke ne fakamatala maaku, mo fai ae fakamāu koeuhi ko au; te ne omi au ki he māma, bea teu mamata ki he ene maonioni.

10 Bea e toki mamata ai a hoku fili, bea e ufiufi i he ma aia nae behe mai kiate au, Komaa a Jihova ko ho Otua? e jio a hoku mata kiate ia: koeni, e malaki hifo ia o hage koe belebela i he gaahi hala.

11 I he aho koia e laga ho gaahi a, i he aho koia e hiki ke mamao ae fono.

12 I he aho koia e ha‘u ia, io, kiate koe mei Asilia, bea mei he gaahi kolo kuo teu, bea mei he botu malohi o a‘u ki he vaitafe, bea mei he tahi ki he tahi, bea mei he mouga ki he mouga.

13 Ka ne ogo ia e lala ae fonua koeuhi ko kinautolu oku nofo ai, koe fua oe nau faiaga.

¶ 14 Fafaga‘i a hoo kakai aki ae mea ta, ae kakai o ho tofia, aia oku nofo gaogao i he vao akau i he lotolotoga o Kameli: tuku ke nau kai i Besani mo Kiliati, o hage koe gaahi aho i mua.

15 O fakatatau moe gaahi aho o hoo ha‘u mei he fonua ko Ijibite, teu fakaha kiate ia, ae gaahi mea fakaofo.

¶ 16 E mamata e he gaahi buleaga, bea te nau ofo i he e nau malohi kotoabe: te nau ai ho nau nima ki ho nau gutu; e tuli a ho nau teliga.

17 Te nau emo ae efu, hage ha gata, te nau gaolo mei ho nau gaahi luo hage koe kelemutu oe fonua: te nau manavahe kia Jihova ko ho tau Otua, bea te nau ilifia koeuhi ko koe.

18 Kohai ha Otua oku hage ko koe, ke fakamolemole ae hia, bea ke laka atu i he agahala i he toega o hono tofia? oku ikai te ne ma‘u a hono houhau o taegata, he oku ne fiefia i he aloofa.

19 E toe foki mai ia, te ne manavaofa kiate kitautolu; te ne ikui e tau gaahi hia; bea te ke li e nau gaahi agahala kotoabe, ki he loloto oe tahi.

20 Te ke fakababau ae mooni kia Jekobe, bea moe aloofa kia Ebalahame, aia naa ke fuakava ki he e mau gaahi tamai talu mei he gaahi aho i mua.